#AC8423#AC8423

#AC8423 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8423
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 6.14, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 54.69, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0112 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.119 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5696, 25.3964, 5.1451)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8423 #234BAC

analogous

#AC3F23 #AC8423 #8FAC23

triadic

#AC8423 #23AC84 #8423AC

tetradic

#AC8423 #23AC3F #234BAC #AC238F

square

#AC8423 #23AC3F #234BAC #AC238F

split-complementary

#AC8423 #238FAC #3F23AC

monochromatic

#46360E #795D19 #AC8423 #D6A736 #E0BE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#AC8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8423

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8423	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a766',
    500: '#ac8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8423;
$custom-light: #c9a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63555,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8423

secondary

#6481C6

accent

#70E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8423

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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